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Nicolas Dominguez fit to play for Argentina

Nicolas Dominguez has reportedly recovered from his injury and is fit for Argentina.

The midfielder missed the end of the season with Bologna due to a knee injury and was a doubt for Argentina. However, per a report by TyC Sports, Dominguez has recovered and is fit for Argentina. This is some good news especially seeing as how the trio of Lucas Alario, Nicolas Gonzalez and Exequiel Palacios are still not fully fit.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will be able to count on him not only in the two World Cup qualifying matches vs. Chile and Colombia but also in the Copa America should he be selected.

Nicolas Gonzalez, Exequiel Palacios, Lucas Alario not ruled out for Argentina

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni might be able to count on the Bundesliga trio for the Copa America, which begins next month.

Lionel Scaloni will need everyone available for the World Cup qualifiers next week. Two matches against Chile and Colombia before the start of the Copa America means a large squad is a must.

While it is confirmed that Exequiel Palacios will miss the qualifying matches, TyC is reporting that he is not fully ruled out of the Copa America as it appears the coaching staff will wait on his recovery.

Lucas Alario is another one who is ruled out of the matches vs. Chile and Colombia. Alario was one of the first to join the Argentina squad in preparation for the matches and his presence in the preliminary list means that the goal is to definitely reach the Copa America.

The third player based in Germany is Nicolas Gonzalez who is also recovering. All three players have played an important part in Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina at one point or another.

Geronimo Rulli penalty hero, Juan Foyth, Funes Mori win Europa League with Villarreal

Geronimo Rulli was the penalty hero for Villarreal as the club lifted their first ever European trophy.

It was Villarreal vs. Manchester United in the Europa League final and an early scared for Juan Foyth. The Tottenham loanee tripped on the ball as his head colided with Pogba’s knee. He was cut in the face but did continue the match.

Villarreal took the lead after 29 minutes with Gerard Moreno scoring as they kept that lead going into half time. The second half saw Manchester United mostly in control as Edinson Cavani scored to draw them level.

Juan Foyth was substituted off in the 88th minute. The match remained at 1-1 as it went to extra time and to a penalty shootout. At this point, Ramiro Funes Mori was an unused substitute and Rulli was the only Argentine on the pitch.

The penalty shootout was not a short one as it went to 22 kicks, 11 rounds with every player having a kick of the ball. Ultimately, it came down to Geronimo Rulli and David De Gea as the last two. Rulli went up first and dispatched a perfectly placed penalty kick to make it 11-10 in favor of the Yellow Submarines.

Up stepped Manchester United’s David De Gea but it was Rulli who made the save as Villareal were crowned Europa League champions.

Lionel Messi, Rodrigo de Paul arrive in Argentina for Copa America

Lionel Messi and Rodrigo de Paul both arrived to Argentina earlier on the same flight as they join the national team for the World Cup qualifiers and Copa America.

Several players have already landed in Argentina but none bigger than the best player in the world. Messi and de Paul both landed and arrived to the country together through Messi’s private jet. They’ll be joining the Argentina bubble shortly.

Messi and de Paul aren’t the only two to join the team. Several others have joined the squad. The PSG duo of Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes joined on Tuesday with Lucas Alario, Nicolas Gonzalez, Lautaro Martinez, Nicolas Dominguez and Exequiel Palacios having already joined the squad earlier.

Lionel Scaloni’s squad have two World Cup qualifying matches which begin next week. The first match is at home vs. Chile on June 3 and the second away on June 8 vs. Colombia. The Copa America begins shortly after on June 13 vs. Chile, once more. Here is the Argentina squad for the World Cup qualifiers:

Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen)
Emiliano Buendia (Norwich City)
Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Joaquin Correa (Lazio)
Rodrigo de Paul (Udinese)
Angel Di Maria (PSG)
Nicolas Dominguez (Bologna)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Alejandro Papu Gomez (Sevilla)
Nicolas Gonzalez (Stuttgart)
Giovanni Lo Celso (Tottenham)
Agustin Marchesin (FC Porto)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
Lisandro Martinez (Ajax)
Lucas Martinez Quarta (Fiorentina)
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
Nahuel Molina (Udinese)
Juan Musso (Udinese)
Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis)
Cristian Romero (Atalanta)
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Jose Luis Palomino (Atalanta)
Leandro Paredes (PSG)
German Pezzella (Fiorentina)
Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax)
Franco Armani (River Plate)
Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate)
Julian Alvarez (River Plate)

Sergio Aguero hits out at critics in Twitch stream

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Sergio Aguero has been streaming for several months and the Argentine has attacked his critics over it.

Aguero will be taking part in his first Champions League final on Saturday when Manchester City play Chelsea. However, the soon to be Barcelona striker was on Twitch streaming where he attacked his critics.

With thousands of people watching and subscribed, Aguero had this to say about his streams:

“I think today is my last stream, I don’t know for how long. My agenda is full. I think it’s my last day. On Thursday, I fly out to Portugal, Saturday is the match. After that I have to go to Argentina. I’m in Argentina the entire month of June. And in July I won’t do anything either.”

Regarding his critics:

“Today, everyone is jumping on the bandwagon, the record. How great Kun is when just a while ago they (the journalists) were killing me. Today it’s how great Kun is, it’s incredible what he did. I would prefer to be calm, to enjoy it there and focused on the national team.

“Everyone is expecting the slightest mistake and if something happens, the first thing they will say in Argentina is that I am a streamer. There are many journalists who didn’t like me from before. I don’t care.

“Some didn’t like it (him streaming), that I injured myself because I’m sitting. That I was streaming and thinking about football. What does streaming have to do with it? As if I’m riding a motorcycle and I’m about to kill myself.

“If you say I’m on a motorcycle, say it and that there’s a possibility that he get injured and he kills himself. I would say ok, that I’m irresponsible and I’m playing games. So I’m streaming, am I doing something wrong? I don’t understand why there are people who don’t like it.”